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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIcE.

ORRIN G. HARRIS, OF NEWPORT, NEW YORK.

CONVERTIBLE CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,819, dated January11, 1887.

Application filed July 9, 1886. Serial No. 207,527. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that LORRIN O. HARRIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newport, in the county of Herkimer and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Convertible Chairs;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in rocking-chairs provided withadjustable rollers whereby the chair may be used either as a rocking ora roller chair.

lt consists in certain novelty in the construction and arrrangement ofthe various parts, all of which I will now proceed to point out anddescribe, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a chair embodying my invention, the legsand rocker being shown in dotted lines; and Fig. 2 isafront elevation ofthe same.

Referring to said drawings, A represents a chair of ordinaryconstruction having legs a and rockers B B.

0 Care brackets secured to the under side of the seat of the chair.

D is a shaft mounted in hearings in the brackets and having acrank-handle, d.

E E are short levena ms secured to the shaft D.

F F are rods having their upper ends slightly curved and pivotallysecured to the ends of the lever-arms E E. The lower ends,ff, of saidrods are bent outwardly.

G G are rollers mounted on the ends ff of the rods F F.

F is a cross-rod connecting the rods F F.

H H are bracerods pivotally secured at one end to the lower ends of therods F F, their outer ends being pivotally secured to the rockers B B. V

I is a short lever-arm seen red to the center of the shaft D.

K are two bent rods pivoted at their upper ends to the lever-arm I, andcarrying on their lower ends a foot-rest, L.

rollers and foot-rest until said rollers and footrest are above thebottom of the rockers, as shown in dotted lines. To convert the chairinto a roller-chair, turn the crank-handle for; I

ward until it engages with the stop 0.. The rollers will then beadjusted below the bottom of the rockers and are ready for use.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a convertible chair provided with rockers, the brackets O G, shaftD, mounted in hearings in the brackets O G, and provided with leverarmsE E, in combination with the rods F F, pivotally secured to thelev'erarms E E, and provided with rollers G G, and the brace-rods H H,all arranged and operating substantially as shown and described,

2. In a convertible chair provided with rockers, the combination of thebracketsO C, shaft D, mounted in bearings in said brackets G G, andprovided with leverarms E E and I, the rods F F, pivotally seen red tothe lever-arms E E, and provided with rollers GG, and bracerods H H, andthe bent rods K K, pivotally secured to the lever-arm Land provided withthe footrest L, and brace rods M M, all arranged and operatingsubstantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ORRIN o. HARRIS.

Witnesses:

J. T. Woostrnu, DANIEL P. WoosTER.

